Spraying head



Jan. 27, 1953 J. L. FRYE ET AL SPRAYI'NG HEAD 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 FiledNov. 27, 1950 M M x Jason L Frye Jason W Frye INVENTORS Jan. 27, 1953 YJ. FRYE ET AL 2,626,835

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Jason L. Frye 4 Jason W Frye -48 INVENTORS WWEM Patented Jan. 27, 1953UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE SPRAYING HEAD Jason L. Frye, Denison, andJason W. Frye, Fort Worth, Tex.

Application November 27, 1950, Serial No. 197,744

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to new and useful improvements and structuralrefinements in disposal apparatus for liquid waste, and the principalobject of the invention is to provide apparatus of the character hereindescribed, which may be convenientlyand efiectively employed in homes,factories, restaurants, etc., for highly sanitary disposal of wasteliquid from washing machines, dishwashers, ice boxes, and the like,

Some of the advantages of the invention reside in its simplicity ofconstruction, in its eincient and highly sanitary operation, and in itsadaptability for economical manufacture.

With the above more important objects and feature in view and such otherobjects and features as may become apparent as this specificationproceeds, the invention consists essentially of the arrangement andconstruction of parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a side elevational View of the invention connected foroperation, the housing of the invention being shown in section;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional view, on an enlarged scale, takensubstantially in the plane of the line 22 in Figure l Figure 3 is afragmentary sectional view, taken substantially in the plane of the line33 in Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view, taken substantially in theplane of the line 4-4 in Figure 1, on an enlarged scale; and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional View, taken substantially in theplane of the line 5-5 in Figure 4.

Like characters of reference are employed to designate like parts in thespecification and throughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the inventionconsists of a waste liquid disposal apparatus which is designatedgenerally by the reference character I!) and embodies in itsconstruction a vertically elongated housing I 2 including a lateral wallM, a top end wall IS, a bottom end wall [8 and a flat side wall portion20 which constitutes a removable cover plate and is secured to thehousing by suitable screws 22. A perimetric gasket 24 is providedbetween the cover 29 and the housing to prevent leakage.

The bottom wall l8 of the housing [2 is provided with a flange 26 inwhich is secured the upper end portion of a downwardly extending wasteoutlet duct 28, the latter communicating through the medium of aconventional trap 38 with a suitable drainpipe 32.

A waste liquid transmitting tube 34 includes a horizontal upper endportion 36 which enters the upper end portion of the housing [2 throughthe cover 20 and is screw threaded at the outer end thereof as at 38 forconnection by a suitable coupling 4D to a pipe :32 leading from awashing machine, dishwasher, ice box, or the like, 64 which is to beserviced by the disposal apparatus.

The tube 34 also includes a downturned, vertical continuation 36 of theportion 36, the portion 46 extending longitudinally in the housing :2and terminating at its lower end in a tubular extension 48 which issecured to the portion '45 by a sleeve 59.

The tubular extension 48 is disposed in diametrically spaced relationwithin the upper end portion of the outlet duct 28 and is sustained in acentralized position therein by a plurality of keepers 52. These keepersrest on the bottom end wall N3 of the housing [2 and supportably engagethe sleeve 50 as well as the extension 48, as is best shown in Figure 5.

The horizontal portion 36 of the tube 34 is provided with a sprayinghead which is designated generally by the reference character 54, thisconsisting of a substantially frusto-conical flange which is secured tothe tube portion 36 in abutment with the inner surface of the coverplate 29, while a plurality of obliquely extending spraying orifices 58are drilled through the flange 5G and through the tube 36 so that theinterior of the tube 36 may communicate with the interior of the housingl2.

A liquid flow retarding annulus 6% is secured in the tube portion 36 atthe inner end of the flange 56, that is, inwardly of the orifices 58,and when in operation, waste liquid passes through the pipe 42 in thedirection of the arrow 62 and enters the spraying head 54, the flow ofthat liquid will be retarded by the annulus 66 so that a certain portionof the liquid will be discharged under pressure through the orifices 58,resulting in a spraying action of the liquid in the upper portion of thehousing I2 and subsequent gravitation thereof to the bottom end wall 18and through the space between the extension 48 and the outlet duct 28into the outlet duct and, through the trap 30, into the drain pipe 32.

However, that portion of the liquid which is not sprayed through theorifices 58, will pass through the annulus and downwardly through thetube portion 46 and the extension 48 into the outlet duct 23 wherein itwill mix with the liquid drained downwardly from the spraying head 54.

The liquid draining from the housing l2 into the duct 28 will create acertain amount of aspirating action at the lower end of the extension48, while the spraying action itself will cause a certain amount ofaeration within the housing, thus afiording an escape for odoriferoussubstances from the waste liquid.

The odoriferous substances which are so released are automaticallydischarged from the housing I2 through a vent pipe or stack 64 which isconnected by a flange B6 to the top end wall l6 of the housing and whichcommunicates at its upper end with the atmosphere.

As is best shown in Figure 1, the entire apparatus I is preferablymounted or concealed within a wall 68, so that it does not detract interms of space and appearance from the room in which the machine 44itself is positioned.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will beclearly understood from the foregoing disclosure and accordingly,further description thereof at this point is deemed unnecessary.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodiment of this invention it is to be understood that minor changesin the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed.

Having described the claimed as new is:

In a spraying head, the combination of a pipe for conducting liquidunder pressure, a substaninvention, what is tially frustoconical flangesecured to an intermediate portion of said pipe with its relativelylarge end facing upstream of the liquid flow, said flange and said pipebeing provided in circumferentially spaced radial planes with rows ofspraying orifices, the orifices in each row having straight parallelaxes divergent from the axis of the pipe in the direction of liquidflow, each orifice extending from the inner wall of the pipe to theouter wall of the flange, and flow retarding means provided in the pipesubstantially at the small end of said flange.

JASON L. FRYE.

JASON W. FRYE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 759,731 Miller May 10, 19042,127,715 Bonner Aug. 23, 1938 2,389,005 Sebald Nov. 13, 1945 2,428,045Sharp et al Sept. 30, 1947 2,494,067 Snowden et al Jan. 10, 19502,539,344 Carraway Jan. 23, 1951 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date534,904 Germany Mar. 6, 1927

